Ornamental chain



J. ANTHONY ORNAMENTAL CHAIN Filed April 18, 1927 Patented Get. 9, 1.928.

UNITEDPLSTATES PATENT or- 1c1-;,;

enn n trHonY, or ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

ORNAMENTAL CHAIN.

Application filed April 18,

My invention relates to ornamental chains adapted for use in necklaces,braceletagirdies and other articles for personal adornment. I p

The essential objects of my invention are to produce a chain having theappearance of intertwined lengths such as rope chain; to

produce such a chain by the use of a single piece of material only;toayoid the use of V the appended claims.

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' form a part of this specification solder; and to prevent the chainspringing asunder when no retaining means are app ied to the chain ends,and inexpensiveness. 7

To the above ends essentially .my inven tion consists in such parts andcombinations of parts, and in such steps and in such suc-. Cessions ofsteps as fall within the scope of in the accompanying drawings which iire 1 1s a plan View of a wire fabric blank from which my chain isultimatelyl'ligures 2 and 3, a front elevation, and an itudinal benoiiof the same,

aside QlQVZtLlO-Il of the cha n pari. section on line 5- -5 of FigureFipurc 6, side elevation of the con pleted chain. 7

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views i Inembodying'my invei i A an oblo strip or blank 8 of flexible .iaetallicor wir fabric of any usual or preiii'erred construction is-used. Such astrip is showninFigure 1.

Manually or by'tools the strip 8 has its lateral edges and 10 bent orvrolled in direc tions oppositely to each other, bringing said adjacentto or into contact with the medial portion 11. of the blank atoppositesides the latter, thus forming two parallel J rolls or cylinders 12longitudinally disposed as shown in Figures 2 and end elcrationrespectively oft-he chain after:

teren'gaged .in torsional posit 1927. Serial No. 184,600,

ing thesame through a draw plate or otherwise the member 81s twlsted sothat the portions 12 mutually overlap each other in a series of spirallo0ps13." In'Figure 4- the strip is shown during the twisting operation.InFigure 6 the completed chain is shown; i

llext by manual manipulation or by pullltshould be noted that the chainthus described is flexible and that loops13 have no tendency to separate'from their 'interen gaged torsional positions as would be the caseifthe tubes 12 or loops lgwere nonine tegral witheach other. For thisreason'also fastening means for the chain ends are unadhering to eachother.

3. An ornamental metal stock chainformed of a singlepie'ceo't flexiblewire ineshbent at its lateral margins to form opposed rolls and twistedto form a continuous member of continuous hollowjspiral loops laterallyinterengaged with the edges of the piece of mesh concealed andinterengaged in torsional positions and closely adhering to each other,the whole simulating a rope chain.

ln testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. v

for a. flexible JOHN ANTHONY.

